Unvaxxed: Trust, Truth and the Rise of Vaccine Outrage by Dyani Lewis
$25.00 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: The\Crikey Read Ser.
Unvaxxed is a nuanced, timely look at vaccine hesitancy and how uncertainty and misinformation have influenced the Australian experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Written by award-winning science journalist Dyani Lewis, this is the second book in The Crikey Read series by Crikey and Hardie Grant Books. ...Show more
Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them by Tom Phillips, Jonn Elledge
$38.00 NZD
Category: Politics
From the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, the moon landing to Pizzagate, it's always been human nature to believe we're being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are).But while it can be fun to indulge in a bit of Deep State banter on the group chat, recent ti ...Show more
The Culture of Narcissism - American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations by Christopher Lasch
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published, it was clear that Christopher Lasch had identified something important: what was happening to American society in the wake of the decline of the family over the last century.The book quickly became a bestseller. This edition includes a new afterword, " ...Show more
We Uyghurs Have No Say: An Imprisoned Writer Speaks by Ilham Tohti
$35.00 NZD
Category: Politics
In Xinjiang, the large northwest region of China, the government has imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs in re-education camps. One of the incarcerated--whose sentence, unlike most others, has no end date--is Ilham Tohti, an intellectual and economist, a prolific writer, and formerly the host of a we ...Show more
The Tribe: Portraits of Cuba by Carlos Manuel Alvarez
$33.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Teeming with life and compulsively readable, the pieces gathered together in The Tribe aggregate into an extraordinary mosaic of Cuba today.
How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks by Witold Szablowski
$25.00 NZD
Category: Politics
A devastatingly original look at the world's worst dictators, through the eyes of their personal chefs, by award-winning Polish author Witold Szablowski. In this darkly funny and fascinating book, Witold Szablowski travels across four continents in search of the personal chefs of five dictators. From th ...Show more
Turangawaewae - Identity and Belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand - 2nd Edition by Ella Kahu (Editor); Helen Dollery (Editor); Te Ra Moriarty (Editor); Richard Shaw (Editor)
$60.00 NZD
Category: Politics
What is a New Zealander? What does it mean to be a citizen of or a resident in this country? How do we understand what makes Aotearoa New Zealand complex and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both here and in the world? Now's a critical time to be thinking about these sorts of ...Show more
Right Here, Right Now by Natalie Isaacs
$38.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The climate action countdown and how women can lead the way In this inspiring think piece and call to action, the founder and CEO of the global climate action movement 1 Million Women explains why the place for climate action is here, why the time is now and how women can work together to lead the way. ...Show more
Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace by Christopher Blattman
$38.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Based on two decades of research, the five causes of wars and two ways to stop themThe truth is, warfare shouldn't happen - and most of the time it doesn't. Around the world there are millions of hostile rivalries at any given moment and yet only a tiny fraction erupt into prolonged fighting. Most books ...Show more
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
$32.00 NZD
Category: Politics
'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York TimesA compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from 'the most brilliant British historian of his generation' (The Times)Disasters are inherent ...Show more
Too Big To Jail: Inside HSBC, the Mexican drug cartels and the greatest banking scandal of the century by Chris Blackhurst Limited
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Across the world, HSBC likes to sell itself as 'the world's local bank', the friendly face of corporate and personal finance. And yet, a decade ago, the same bank was hit with a record US fine of $1.9 billion for facilitating money laundering for 'drug kingpins and rogue nations'. In pursuit of their g ...Show more
Streetfight - Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan; Seth Solomonow (As told to)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Like a modern-day Jane Jacobs, Janette Sadik-Khan transformed New York City's streets to make room for pedestrians, bikers, buses, and green spaces. Describing the battles she fought to enact change, Streetfight imparts wisdom and practical advice that other cities can follow to make their own streets s ...Show more